Chicago Bulls’ Tom Thibodeau On Derrick Rose: ‘He’ll Be Fine’

Constantly marred in controversy, Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose is getting support from his head coach.

After a week of controversy, Derrick Rose had 20 points against the Toronto Raptors and the Chicago Bulls were on their way to a win. Just when it seemed all the Rose talk would blow over and we could focus on the former NBA MVP playing basketball, it happened again.

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With about two minutes left in the game, Rose was driving and went down after some minor contact. He left the game, injured again, and now Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau says his status is day-to-day, according to ESPN.com’s Nick Friedell.

"“He’s better today, but he’ll be out tonight,” Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau said after Saturday’s shootaround. “It’s day to day. He’s a lot better today than he was (Friday). We’ll see how it goes.”“Look, he was out for two and a half years,” Thibodeau said. “So you’re coming back, you’re playing in a physical game. So there’s going to be some times where he gets banged up a little bit — sprained ankle is sprained ankle. It could happen at any time. It could have happened his MVP year, it probably did happen.“But when you’re out that long, you’re not used to that. Same thing — a hamstring. He needs a little time. It’s not anything (major). He said he’s feeling a lot better today.”“As soon as he’s ready,” Thibodeau said. “If he needs time, we’re going to give him time. We just got to be patient. It’s going to work out. He’ll be fine.”"

Thibs is doing what he can to curb the excitement around yet another Rose injury, but it just comes off as idealistic. The closest thing he has to actual medical evidence that “he’ll be fine” is “it’s not anything.” What? Of course it’s something. Rose is fragile, and it seems as if this will be his NBA destiny. In one night and out the other.

He’ll eventually have stretches of good health, but he’ll also have stretches when it seems as if he’ll never play again. For Rose, it will almost always be day-to-day.

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